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seasons, wimams iuu uatu anu tackle, White and Ellis, guard and tackle, Bain at end un the football team. Basket ball aroused much enthusiasm and again* ’04 came to the front vvilli Bain, Rice, Pierson and Elli^all plav-ing a fast, aggressive game In base ball, when there was enough spirit to organize a team, we played a few games. Lack of pitching material put baseball in an unpopular position, although the ability to perform on the diamond developed to a marked degree later.W. I. Early, when principal, organized a class of girls in Indian club drill. \ll of our girls* joined and became quite adept in the drill, which was set to music The first girls’ basket ball team was organized in*our Senior year and Elizabeth Johnson, captain,. played center and Jessie Marley guard.The class roll is as follows: Marv Allison, Ada Alverson, Duke Bain, Calvin Barker, Will Chavis (colored) Don Ellis, C. D. ’ Greene, Elizabeth Johnson, Mae Kinney, Ruth Milligan, Grace May, Jessie Marley, Paris Pierson, Frank Rice, Mac Williams. Wigfall White: 16 in all, second largest class to graduate up to that time.Our teachers during the last year were A. L. Whitm^r, Supt., who later attended Chicago University and is now Supt. at Rochester, Ind. C. D. Mead, principal, later became an instructor in a state institution at Ft. Wayne then took a post grad course in Columbia University, became a '• Prof. of Science in the University of Cincinnati. He is now in Berk-' ley, California as Prof. of Science in the State University, having attained the highest degree giv-y en in American Universities.* Florence Richards, mathematics, a graduate of Northwestern, taught but the one year and mar-‘ ried Judge J. W. Williams, then on the bench in Morgan-Owen * circuit, and now lives in Martinsville.We are all still living, though the death angel has entered the _ homes to claim the husbands of two of the girls. Mary Allison* married Jesse Crow, a glassi^aivin isarKer nan a vear at l.l then took up farming and stock ra ing with his father. Last .'ear bought a farm in Monroe conn where he now lives.Frank Rice taught in Owen cot tv a year or so, took a Chemis1 course at I. U., gaining his A.B c gree; later attended Cornell, gaini his Ph D and is now Ass’t Prof. Chemistry at Cornell.Claude Greene graduated from U. School of Medicine took p grad work in New York Hospit enlisted in the Medical Corps wh the war broke out and was in Cat Hospital service in France, ranki Captain. Is now in U. S. Pub Health Service at Cincinnati.Duke Bain entered Indiana L School at Indianapolis and is nov very successful attorney, practici in the office of Pickens, Cox Cofider.Mac Williams graduated frlt; Purdue as an Electrical Engine immediately beginning work w the Indianapolis Light Heat C Proving his worth and by close tention to business he is still there a greatly advanced salary.Jessie Marley was the first to wlt; marrying John S. Loy, a forn Spencer man, then employed in c of Chicago’s great railway termina They later lived on a farm m Spencer; they recently sold it a returned to Chicago.Elizabeth Johnson taught inOu county schools, took teachers’tra ing at I U.; taught four years in i Anderson schools. She is now 1 wife of Boyd Williams, a progress and prosperous farmer and stockm near Farmers.Don Ellis accepted a position engineering apprentice on the I nois Central and located at Freepc 111, Was there two years but lt;siring a job more strenuous beca a locomotive fireman on the I. After eight years service as firen and brakeman on the I. V., I Four and Monon, with several ye of farming intermingled, he has f ally bought a farm near Spencer a settled down in order to settle ujOur motto was: Find a wav, make one. I know of none bet to follow for I feel that with most us our way was not given us i was it easy to find- With some
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Spencer Owen Leader
Spencer, Indiana, US
Wed, Mar 03, 1920
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